Winding attachment for quiller frames



May 22, 1928. 1,670,399 v L. E. ANDERSON WINDING ATTACHMENT FOR QUILLER FRAMES Filed June 24, 1927 s Sheets-Sheet 1 May 22, 1928.

L.' E. ANDERSON WINDING ATTACHMENT FOR QUILLER FRAMES Filed June 24, 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 attouwq May 22, 1928.

.L. E. ANDERSON WINDING ATTACHMENT FOR QUILLER'FRAMES Filed June 24, 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet m MW a y Patented May 22, 1928.

UNITED STATES Lows nrannnnson, or onARLorrE, NORTH onnornu,

, writnnte ATTACHMENT F QUILLER FRAMES.

a l cation medium 24, 1 27. Serial no. 2o1,1s2.

' This invention relates to improvements in quiller frames whereby the said frame 'may be used as a winding machine. Heretofore,

I am aware that various types of winding machines have been used, but in the type known as the Universal winding machine there are ten bobbins on each side ofthe machine, and one operator is necessar to attend to four of suchgroups of ternma 'ng it necessary to have one operator for every forty bobbins. I am now speaking offthe winding machines for winding 'sllk and rayon. In the quiller frame of the type shown with my invention attached thereto there are 37 8 bobbins, but this type of winding machine is used only for cotton andother fibresand cannot beused successfully for the winding of rayon and silk for thereason th h e -n t ufi' flnt ap in he indins to cause the silk and rayon fibresito remain wound on the bobbin.- r

It is an object of my invention to provide a mechanism which is adapted to be used on a quiller frame whereby one operator can attend tothe whole machine, and thereby attend to 37 8 bobbins atone time, thus saving 'theserv-ices of more than eight employees for each of my improved machines which may be Anothe obie tof ev nvent fi'i f P vide means adaptedtobe attached to a quiller .frame for winding silk and rayon on aquiller .frame. Q

501 t obi cts of my ntiq fhar 3i .iugbeen stated, other objects will appear as thedescriptionproceeds, when taken in motion with the aceo npanying drawings,

.showing a referred. embodiment of my n ventiomla eta-iled description being hereinazfterset forth, but immediately following is p a bri f description of the varioustfigures' in the drawings, which 5 "Figure 1 is a front elevation of a quiiler frame showing my attachments mounted -5 thereon, with the-centralportion of thje frame' abeiagbrokenaway;. 1, r a y Figure 2 is anend elevation of one end aim? m n r h ig h s tteeh 1 Figure 3 is an elevation of the opposite 3 5 end of the quiller iframe from, .Figune 2,

(showing the; manner in'which v my attachamentszarernounted.ontheirame;

Figures 'isan enlarged detail sideelevatiqn of a portion of-the bobbinsand the-eyes p for feeding the thread to thelbobbins; I

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ports 26-.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the structure shown Figureet; i f Figure 6 is a side elevation of one of the bobbins showingthe arc travelled by the eyes inmy attachment; i

Figure 7 is an enlarged detail view of a side elevation of the crank arms and ciated parts;

Figure 8 is aview along the line 8-8 of l so- Figure 9 Figure 7. i

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10indicates one of the end standards of a quiller frame, and the numeral is a vievv along the line 9.9 in

'11 indicates" the other end of the quiller frame. These standards are secured to each other by the conventional bolster or spindle rails 12. These spindle rails have a plurality 'of'bobbins 13 mounted for rotation thereon, and in the type of quiller shown there are forty-two spindles mounted on each spindle rail, and the entire frame has nine tiers of these spindle rails, making a total of three hundred. and seventy eight spindles in the machine.

Located slightly above and adapted to have a vertical movement between the tiers of spindles are the'guide Wire rods 12; which are mounted for rotation in bearings 15 extending downward from the bars 16, said bars '16 beinginclined, and are supported by the lifting rods 17' of the buildermotion. T e ey -mem s 8, met e eferr d t as the guide wires, are securely mounted on eye for eachbobbinto be wound, The spin- 'dles carrying the bobbins are driven in the ri nd en f t uid we rods 14 thereare secured crank arms 20 which project upwardly and have their ends con- 9" the guide wire rods l hso thatthere is one 2 nectedto aecomrno n bar member 21, and to this bar member 21 there is connected in a pivotal manner the connecting rod 22, which rod22 is pivotally Connected to the side the wheel 23, the wheel23 being fixedly. se-

cured toftherod 24s. "This rod 24; is rotatably mounted in bearings25 located on the gap- Ill pulley. 28, mounted on the shaft 29, and on the other end of this shaft 29 there is mounted the gear wheel 30 which wheel 30 is connected to the gear wheel 31 by means of the chain belt 32. The wheel 31 is fixedly mounted on the roll member 33 which is rotatably mounted in hearings in the upper portions of the standards 10 and 11, and near the standard 10 there is fixedly mounted on the roll member 33 the gear wheel which meshes with the gear wheel 35. The gear wheel 35 is mountedon the rotatable shaft 36 and a second gear wheel 37 is fixedly mounted on this shaft and on the outer side of this gear wheel 37 there is eccentrically mounted the downwardly extending rod 38. On the end of the rod 24 nearest the standard 10 there is. fixedly mounted the gear wheel 40, and on the standard 10 there is mounted. the tightening gear wheel 41. and a chain belt 42 passe-1 over the wheels 37, 4t) and 41.

The bearings 25 are slidahly mounted on the rods 26, and in Figure 11 the whole frame and the rod 24 are raised up out of operative position for sake of clcarness, which renders the wheel invisible, but the up and down movement of the builder motion is not present in this arrangement as in the conventional quiller frame where the guide wire rods have such up and down movement.

The rod 38 extends downwardly and is pivotally connected to one end of the lever 45, which lever is pivotally mounted near its center on the shaft 46, and fixedly secured on the shaft 46 is the gear wheel 47 which preferably had 120 teeth therein. The dog 48 is adapted to engage the teeth in this gear wheel 47 and thereby rotate the shaft 46 one tooth at a time. The shaft 46 has a worm gear 49 thereon which engages with the other portion 50 of the worm gear member, and a chain member 51 passes from this member to the lever 52 which is pivoted as at 53 and has weights 54 on one end there of, and the other end of this lever presses against the bottomof the lifting rods .17. All of the parts in the above assembly are conventional parts in a quiller frame except the rod 38, hence a further description, is deemed unnecessary, as it is apparent'that the up and down movement of the rod 38 will cause the liftin rods 17 to he pushed upwardly and the rods 14 will also he gradually rais ed upward.

e gradual raising of the frame holding the guide wire rods 1.4 which are supported by the inclined bars 16 is very much the same as in the ordinary quiller frame. the ratcheting being done by the rod 38 and associated parts. In the ordinary quiller frame the guide wire rods 14 are. not rotated but remain in a fixed posit-ionand-are raised vertically while the spindles are being rotated. In my device I have the crank In. this way the thread is lapped on the bobbins in such a manner as to cause this machine to be adaptable to he used as a winding machine for silk and rayon. In the use of this machine the silk or rayon is run direct from'thc creels over the roller 33 and thru the eyes in the guide wires.

The crank arms 20 have longitudinally disposed slots 20 therein and a bolt 20* pierces this slot and also a hole in the rod 21, and in this way the position of the rod 21 is adjusted relative to the crank arms to regulate the length of arc of oscillation of the guide wires 18.

In the drawings and specification l have set forth a preferred en'ibodimcnt of my invention, and although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and dcscriptivc sense only, and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forth in the appended claims:

I claim:

1. A traversing device for uiller frames equipped with guide wire I'OCS comprising arms secured to the guide wire rods. a

rod connecting the arms together for unified movement, and a reciprocating rod adapted to impart oscillatory movementto the guide wire rods.

2. A quiller frame having rcctilinearly reciprocating means for imparting oscillatory arcuate movement to the guide wire rods.

3. In a quiller frame equipped with guide wire rods, a frame for supporting theguide wire rods, a builder motion for the frame for supporting the guide wire rods, crank members secured to the guide wire rods, a member for connecting the cranlt members together, a connecting rod adapted to be reciprocate'd by the power 'driving the machine, said connecting rod being pivotally connected to the member connecting the crank members, all of said members being adapted to impart oscillatory movement to the guide wire rods. M

4. A traversing device for quiller frames equipped with guide wire rods comprising bearingsfor the guide wire rods. crank arms on the guide wire rods, :1 rod pivotally connected to each of the crank arms. a second rod pivotally mounted atone end thereof to the first rod, and having its other end pivotally connected to a wheel, said wheel being'fixedly mounted on a rotatable shaft, and meansconnecting the rotatable shaftto a source of power, all of said parts being adapted to impart oscillatory motion to the guide wires.

5. In a winding machine, a quiller frame motion to the guide wire rods, and means for simultaneously raising the guide wire rods while the same arebeing oscillated.

6. In a quiller frame having a builder motion and guide wire rods, means for connecting all of the guide wire rods together for simultaneous oscillatory movement, a rotatable shaft driven by the movement of the machine, and means connected to the rotatable shaft and to the guide wire rods for imparting oscillatory movement to the guide wire rods.

7. A quiller frame having a builder motion, guide wire rods, guide Wires, crank arms mounted on the ends of the guide wire rods, a member for connecting all ofthe crank arms together, a rotatable shaft mounted in the frame and having a wheel fixedly secured on the end thereof, a rod connected to the wheel and the member connecting the crank arms together, a gear wheelon the other end'of the rotatable shaft, geared connections for imparting movement to the rotatable shaft, all of said parts being adapted to cooperate to impart oscillatory movement to the guide wire rods.

8. In a winding attachment for quiller frames, a gear wheel mounted on one of the standards of the frame and being in geared connection with the top roll of the frame, a. downwardly extending rod eccentrically mounted on the gear wheel, the lower end of the rod being connected to the builder motion for operating the same, a rotatable shaft'mountedin the upper portion of the frame, a gear wheel on one end of the rotatable shaft, geared connections between the first and second gear wheels, the rotatable shaft having a wheel mounted thereon to rotate therewith, crank arms on the guide vWire rods, means for connecting all of the crank arms together for unified movement, and a rod connecting the wheel on the rotatable shaft with the crank arms, all of said parts being adapted to cooperate to impart an oscillatory motion to the guide wire rods while the same are being elevated by the builder motion of the machine.

9. In an attachment for quiller frames, a

plurality of inclined bars, a plurality of guide wire rods mounted for oscillatory movement in the inclined bars, means for gradually raising the inclined bars and the guide wire rods, crank arms on the ends of the guide wire rods, means for connecting the crank arms together for simultaneous movement, and means for imparting oscillatory movement to the guide wire rods while the same are being raised by the operation of the machine.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

LOUIS E. ANDERSON. 

